He Who Wants To Do Everything Will

The First Recipe For Happiness Is: Avoid Too Lengthy Meditation On The Past.

It Is Often Said That In Prosperity We Have Many Friends, But That We Are Usually Neglected When Things Go Badly. I Disagree. Not Only Do Malicious People Flock About Us In Order To Witness Our Ruin, But Other Unfortunates As Well, Who Have Been Kept Away By Our Happiness, And Now Feel Close To Us On Account Of Our Troubles.

A Marriage Without Conflicts Is Almost As Inconceivable As A Nation Without Crises.

Often We Allow Ourselves To Be Upset By Small Things We Should Despise And Forget. We Lose Many Irreplaceable Hours Brooding Over Grievances That, In A Year's Time, Will Be Forgotten By Us And By Everybody. No, Let Us Devote Our Life To Worthwhile Actions And Feelings, To Great Thoughts, Real Affections And Enduring Undertakings.

Woman's Great Strength Lies In Being Late Or Absent. Presence Immediately Reveals The Weak Points Of Our Beloved; When She Is Absent She Become One Of The Sylph-like Figures Of Our Adolescence Whom We Endowed With Perfection.